FQCN13 CYQX 252320 MARINE FORECASTS FOR NEWFOUNDLAND ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 8:00 P.M. NST WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2009 FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED AT 3:00 A.M. THURSDAY. FOG IMPLIES VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE. STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 KNOTS THURSDAY MORNING AND TO 30 LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW SHOWERS BEGINNING NEAR NOON THURSDAY AND ENDING EARLY THURSDAY EVENING WITH A RISK OF FREEZING RAIN. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING NEAR MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO. NORTHEAST GULF - NORTHWESTERN HALF GULF - PORT AU PORT - NORTHWESTERN HALF. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 15 KNOTS NEAR MIDNIGHT AND TO 25 EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. WIND DIMINISHING TO NORTH 15 THURSDAY EVENING. RAIN BEGINNING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND ENDING THURSDAY EVENING. NORTHEAST GULF - SOUTHEASTERN HALF GULF - PORT AU PORT - SOUTHEASTERN HALF. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO EAST 10 TO 15 KNOTS NEAR MIDNIGHT AND TO 25 EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 25 THURSDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN BEGINNING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND ENDING THURSDAY EVENING. SOUTHWEST COAST SOUTH COAST. WIND EAST 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO 25 NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 25 EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. WIND DIMINISHING TO WEST 15 THURSDAY EVENING. RAIN ENDING LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY MORNING. FOG BANKS. EAST COAST. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 15 KNOTS LATE OVERNIGHT AND TO SOUTH 25 THURSDAY MORNING. RAIN BEGINNING LATE OVERNIGHT AND ENDING THURSDAY EVENING WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. FOG BANKS FORMING LATE OVERNIGHT. NORTHEAST COAST. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO EAST 15 KNOTS THURSDAY MORNING AND TO 20 THURSDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN AND FOG PATCHES BEGINNING THURSDAY MORNING. BELLE ISLE BANK. WIND WEST 10 TO 15 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO LIGHT EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW THURSDAY LATE IN THE DAY. FOG PATCHES FORMING EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO. FUNK ISLAND BANK - NORTHERN HALF. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO EAST 15 KNOTS NEAR NOON THURSDAY THEN BACKING TO NORTHEAST 20 EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. RAIN AND FOG PATCHES BEGINNING NEAR NOON THURSDAY. FUNK ISLAND BANK - SOUTHERN HALF. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 15 KNOTS NEAR NOON THURSDAY AND TO SOUTHWEST 25 EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. RAIN AND FOG BANKS BEGINNING THURSDAY MORNING WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. NORTHERN GRAND BANKS. WIND LIGHT INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 KNOTS LATE OVERNIGHT AND TO 20 THURSDAY MORNING. WIND INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 30 THURSDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN AND FOG BANKS BEGINNING NEAR NOON THURSDAY WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTHEASTERN GRAND BANKS. WIND SOUTHEAST 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTH 20 TO 25 THURSDAY MORNING. RAIN AND FOG PATCHES BEGINNING THURSDAY EVENING WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTHWESTERN GRAND BANKS. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KNOTS VEERING TO SOUTH 25 EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. RAIN AND OCCASIONAL FOG PATCHES WITH A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. END